conjugation

n 1: the inflection of verbs

2: the complete set of inflected forms of a verb

3: a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms

4: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive

purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the

mating of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: {coupling},

{mating}, {pairing}, {union}, {sexual union}]

conflation

Combining or blending of two or more versions of a

text; confusion or mixing up. Conflation {algorithms} are

used in {databases}.

[Any specific technical meaning?]

(1996-04-14)